If you don't wear women's clothes, the big man will die!

Cao Cao's army was out, and the food lines were intermittent. The two main persons in charge were the Xiahou brothers. After returning to Yanzhou, Cao Cao heard the news that Xiahou Dun was injured. After visiting, he learned that the hills near Yanzhou had been destroyed by the remnants of the Yellow Turbans. Some of them call themselves Black Mountain Monarch, some call themselves Baibo Army, their names are different, some are taken from the name of the leader, and some are taken from the place where the uprising was launched, no matter what their names are, they are essentially the same Competing to respond to the Yellow Turban Army who cooperated with Zhang Jiao, the great virtuous teacher.

Xiahou Dun told Cao Cao: "Those remnants of the Yellow Turbans have no fixed location. They roam among the mountains and make a living by looting houses. When they see the army coming, they will avoid it, and they will come back when the army leaves. They are so cunning. The food transport team has gathered most of them." Elite, but we still need to keep people to guard Yanzhou, every village has been invaded by the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, and when we went to rescue them, they ran away and disappeared.”

Chen Gong also said to Cao Cao: "You can't send more people to transport food, otherwise the rear will be in danger. The previous batch of food transported used most of the troops, so that the interior of Yanzhou was suspended, and the Yellow Turbans took advantage of the chaos. Attacking Dongjun, so that we sacrificed many militiamen."

Xiahou Dun was besieged by a large number of Yellow Turban troops headed by Yu Rao when he was finally transporting grain, and retreated without any danger, but most of the grain was robbed.

"How many people are there in the Yellow Turban Army led by Yu Rao?"

Xiahou Dun looked solemn: "Nearly 3 people."

Although it was a mob, once the group of people came to snatch the food for the winter with the determination to die, even the elite could fight ten against one and they would not be able to resist the continuous beatings.

Cao Cao has a rough grasp of the general situation of the Yellow Turbans in the nearby mountains.

There are leaders in the organization, people who have traveled all over the place, and people who already have some battlefield strategy minds are in command.

"This will be troublesome," Cao Cao murmured, "The remnants of the Yellow Turbans are also learning. They are more difficult to deal with than a few years ago. Given time, they will become successful."

But the remnants of the yellow scarves are like leeks in the field, one crop after another after harvesting, and like hares scattered all over the place, elusive, cunning rabbits have three holes.

Cao Cao immediately summoned all the generals to train their vitality to the extreme as much as possible.

"Now is the autumn harvest season, and the remnants of the Yellow Turbans have to prepare for the winter, and we will be the fattest meat in their eyes," Cao Cao said to the crowd: "Gather all the peasant soldiers and start strengthening training immediately. In the morning, we will be responsible for collecting food, and in the afternoon, we will be responsible for military training, so we must prepare for the battle before the arrival of winter!"

After Liu Bei and Cao Cao came to Yanzhou, they brought over the rebel army who had followed him to suppress the rebellion at first. Although the number was not large, they couldn't stand him with nearly [-] horses!

These two thousand horses were donated by two horse merchants who had taken refuge in Liu Bei. Liu Bei dedicated them to Cao Cao in order to obtain the position of prefect of a county.

It can be described as a qualitative leap from a small county magistrate to a county prefect.

As we all know, the areas that are good at producing horses are located in Xiliang and the border. Areas like Yanzhou that are neither close to the sea nor close to the border are full of steep mountains. It is infantry, and cavalry is scarce.

With this excellent horse, Cao Cao's mind became active. He wanted to train a group of cavalry. Whether it was rushing to support or charging on flat terrain, cavalry was well-deserved number one.Especially when he saw Dong Zhuo's Xiliang cavalry like wolves and tigers, he was even more envious.

Among the existing generals, there are not many who know how to train cavalry. Therefore, Cao Cao recruited Guan Yu who had performed well on the battlefield early in the morning, and asked him how to train cavalry.

Guan Yu pondered for a moment, and said to Cao Cao: "Guan himself is good at horse tactics. It is because he has worked hard since he was a child that he has achieved his current achievements. As for cavalry training, Guan has never led an army of more than a thousand men. I have no idea."

Guan Yu has no experience, and the others are not as good as Guan Yu in the immediate battle, and even less experience.

Cao Cao said: "There are few records in the military books on the methods of training cavalry. Now we can't recruit people who understand these things. We can only ask General Guan to take more trouble."

Cao Cao has always been unsuspecting in employing people, and he didn't need to be suspicious. He simply gave Guan Yu [-] cavalry equipped with excellent horses, and said to him: "General Guan will train them as much as possible. These horses are all donated by Liu Xiandi. Trust General Guan. We will not betray the trust of both of us.”

After Cao Cao arranged many matters, Xun Yu found him and asked, "My lord treats Guan Yu very well."

"If I want to attract people to do things for me, I have to give due trust and let him see the benefits of doing things with me. Only when I treat him well will he be willing to follow me." Cao Cao was in a good mood, working hard While dealing with the official business in hand, Bian was distracted and said to Xun Yu.

Seeing that the official documents on his case were almost piled up, Xun Yu buried his modest figure in it, so he couldn't help standing closer, and moved away some of the bamboo slips that Cao Cao had finished processing.

He stood beside Cao Cao and looked at it for a while, with a little helplessness in his cold eyes: "My lord, if someone wants to recruit me to do something, how much will it cost to recruit me away from you?"

Cao Cao smiled and said without raising his head: "No, Wen Ruo and I have been friends for many years, and the relationship is extraordinary. We made an appointment to save the big man and the common people together. If possible, I also want to rebuild Luoyang and Taixue , so many goals have not been completed, Wen Ruo will not abandon me."

"Then what do you think the relationship between Guan Yu and Liu Bei is?"

Cao Cao was silent, and replied after a while: "Love is like brothers, friends between life and death."

He raised his head, glanced at Xun Yu, and said seriously: "What's the matter? Liu Bei is my subordinate now, so Guan Yu is my subordinate. As long as I cultivate their loyalty to me, my subordinates will be able to do more in the future." There are two available talents, one literary and one military."

As for the baby-faced Zhang Fei who looked young at first glance and had no hair on his mouth, Cao Cao ignored him.

Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao and said seriously, "Liu Bei is not someone who is content to be inferior to others."

Cao Cao said: "It seems that Wen Ruo has also seen that Liu Bei is not simple. He is a hero. Although he has no foundation now, his future achievements will never be low. I don't know why. I saw Cao Jie and Liu Bei in him. The shadow of the two fathers, perhaps, has something to do with Liu Bei's style of dealing with people. Besides, he is virtuous and benevolent, and he will be a good official who loves the people. Before he betrays me, I will treat him very well, so that I can have More people come to me and work for me. If I start to be wary of him now, wouldn’t it be a mistake of being suspicious? Who will dare to come to me in the future?”

Xun Yu was even more helpless, and he also knew that with Cao Cao's temperament, he would not listen to persuasion easily when he decided on one thing, even his own father Cao Song could only do it in a hurry.

He nodded slightly, as if he had listened to Cao Cao's explanation.

The lord was careless, but the counselor tried his best to make up for his follow-up troubles.

Xun Yu found Cao Ren and said to him, "Lieutenant Cao also studied in Taixue. Unfortunately, General Duan was dead when you took riding and archery lessons. I think you will feel very sorry for not having such a first-class general to teach you." .”

Cao Ren said: "Isn't it? Whether it's horse fighting or cavalry training, I haven't learned the essence yet. My father wants me to drop out of school and go home. I'm not happy. There are so many things that are right and wrong, and now that the Taixue has been destroyed, I am afraid it will leave a lifetime of regrets."

Xun Yu suggested to Cao Rendao: "Nowadays there are experts in this field in the army. My lord has ordered General Guan to train the cavalry. If Captain Cao is free, you can ask General Guan for a lesson. You are all my lord's generals. I must My lord will love to see you learn from each other."

Cao Ren did not doubt that he was there, and responded happily: "Is it the general Guan Yu who is rumored to be very powerful in the army recently? This is really a rare opportunity. I will definitely go to him for advice when I have time."

Cao Ren lacked experience in cavalry training, so he not only went to discuss with Guan Yu and ask for advice on horse tactics, but also because of his rich knowledge, he was able to discuss and explore cavalry training with him.

Guan Yu didn't know about Cao Ying's affairs, so Cao Ren could give back and teach him the relationship, so that Guan Yu could smoothly grasp Cao Ying's affairs, which helped him a lot.

It didn't take long for Guan Yu and Cao Ren to get along very well. Anyone who was courted by a student with a gentle temper like a clay figure who pestered him for advice with adoring eyes all day long could not help feeling a little complacent.Besides, Cao Ren did help Guan Yu a lot, and he was also very eager to learn, which made Guan Yu more willing to pass on what he knew.

Not long after, Guan Yu came to ask Cao Cao if he could point Cao Ren to him as his lieutenant general.

Cao Cao was stunned. He didn't assign Guan Yu one of his own as lieutenants in order to avoid suspicion. Now that Guan Yu came to ask in person, he naturally agreed.

Guan Yu carefully taught Cao Ren how to train horsemanship and how to train cavalry. The two tried the cavalry formations in the military book respectively, and soon worked out a set of methods for training cavalry.

After returning to Dongjun, Cao Cao was busier than before. He was busy strengthening defense and training troops, busy with autumn harvest, and busy with preparing for winter deployment.

All the civil servants and generals under his command were busy, and no one was idle.

Xun Yu is mainly responsible for military and political internal affairs. He is also in charge of the household registration and personnel settlement of the people, while Chen Gong is in charge of farming and mulberry, cultivation of medicinal materials, income of good money, taxation, etc.

Even so, the two of them were still very busy. Xun Yu couldn't imagine that these tasks are so huge and cumbersome now. When no one came to help Cao Cao a few years ago, how did he persist alone? .

If it wasn't for the lack of conditions, Cao Cao even wanted to run a school, build a medical center, and build roads...

Manpower is needed everywhere, and the most urgent thing before winter is to defend the homeland and resist the invasion of the Yellow Turbans.

Cao Cao obviously planned to go into battle by himself. He was busy with official duties during the day and took time out to train the night soldiers at night.

In the middle of the night, Cao Cao didn't go home to sleep, the office was brightly lit, Xun Yu fumbled over, and took the bamboo slips from his hand with a dark face: "My lord, the work can't be finished, even if there is a shortage of manpower, we can't do it all." The body does things, you are young now, don’t you think, how about the root cause of the disease in the future? Staying up late in the night cold is the easiest way to get headaches.”

"Hasn't Wen Ruo slept yet?" Cao Cao's spirits are pretty good, he doesn't even have dark circles under his eyes, but Xun Yu, who has less sleep time for several days, has revealed bloodshot eyes.

Cao Cao said worriedly, "Wen Ruo should go back to sleep quickly, you look tired and have dark circles under your eyes."

A series of facial masks that the system taught him to make floated in his mind, and he planned to use herbs to make Xun Yu something to remove dark circles on his face when he was free. , Cao Cao immediately felt pain.Wen Ruo's birthday is coming soon, and Cao Cao plans to give him a box of facial masks made by himself.

Xun Yu's face was not good-looking. On the one hand, he was angered by Cao Cao's effort to spare his body, and it was also because he himself stayed up late. He took the brush from Cao Cao's hand and persuaded: "My lord, when you are tired, you can do things more efficiently. It will become lower, and there are still two hours before dawn, why not go to sleep for a while, and wait until dawn so that you can have the energy to do the next day's work."

Cao Cao thought about it, and what Xun Yu said made sense, so he agreed.

Xun Yu breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Cao Cao from behind: "Now I have to waste my rest time when I go back to sleep, why don't I just sleep here tonight."

There is a special bedroom for Cao Cao next door to the office of the State Shepherd's Mansion. Before buying a family business for his family, he has been sleeping in that room. The bed is only made of wooden boards, which is a bit shabby. Big enough to sleep two people.

Cao Cao took Xun Yu to the room, spread a quilt, and gave him another quilt. He rolled in it and patted the outside: "Wen Ruo came to sleep, there are still two hours, so hurry up and make up for it." sleep."

After speaking, he took the quilt and wrapped himself into a cicada chrysalis, facing the wall, and soon fell asleep.

Xun Yu: "..."

He hesitated for a while, but his tiredness finally prevailed. He hugged the quilt and walked over to sleep on the outside of the bed with his back against Cao Cao. He also fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.

The next morning, Xun Yu felt a thud, someone kicked his ass, and woke him up from his dream!

Soon, the body sank, and another thigh pressed on it.

Xun Yu choked, turned around helplessly, opened his eyes, and saw that Cao Cao was as horizontal as a crab, and the quilt was thrown aside by him, Zhang Yawu stretched his hands and feet and fell asleep soundly.

After Liu Hong, another victim who was kicked out of bed by Cao Cao was born.Feeling that the place where it was erected was uncomfortable, the foot kicked twice, and directly rolled the dazed Xun Yu off the ground.

After Cao Cao woke up, seeing Xun Yu's disheveled face, he apologized again and again: "I wrapped myself up like that not because I was afraid of people, but because I was afraid that a bad sleeping posture would affect Wen Ruo's rest. Unexpectedly, I finally broke free from the quilt in my dream." .”

"It's okay, I'm not injured," Xun Yu secretly rubbed his sore buttocks, guessing that there might be more bruises, and said to Cao Cao: "I wanted to tell the lord last night that the reason why the lord is busy is that there are not enough subordinates. If you know some scholars who are idle at home, why not recommend a few people to the lord, so that we can share the affairs."

Cao Cao said pleasantly, "That would be great."

Xun Yu has a good eye for identifying talents. Not only can he recommend people, but he can also find suitable people among the crowd to recommend to Cao Cao. He soon surpassed Chen Gong and became the head of internal affairs in Yanzhou.

Xun Yu said to Cao Cao: "Someone has done the following things, and the lord still lacks counselors who can participate in important affairs. Does the lord have to recall all the people scattered in various places every time the lord makes a major decision? Just recommend someone who can stay by your side and advise you."

The number of counselors is naturally as many as possible. A person with ideas is naturally not as good as a group of people with ideas. If there are more people, there will be no situation where you can trust only one person. Cao Cao's vision is broad, and the overall situation is in experience Among them, Xun Yu believed that he could choose the most suitable plan from the available information and strategies.

"This is the first time Wen Ruo has seriously recommended someone to me," Cao Cao straightened his expression.

Xun Yu recommends so many people, each time for the sake of the overall situation, and the talents are very suitable. With his assistance, Cao Cao can shift more energy from internal affairs to strengthening military affairs.

"I want someone recommended by the lord. You met him in Yingchuan."

"I have seen it?" Cao Cao thought for a while, his eyes lit up: "Is it Guo Fengxiao?"

During the trip to Yingchuan, what impressed Cao Cao the most was getting to know Guo Jia.Thinking that he hadn't been able to contact Guo Jia after he left Luoyang Northern Wei, he couldn't help asking with concern, "Where does Feng Xiao live now?"

Xun Yu shook his head: "The one I recommend is a talented man who is good at military strategy. Guo Fengxiao always likes to travel around. I heard that he went to find Yuan Shao again and found a small official in Jizhou."

Yuan Shao?

Cao Cao missed his former classmates, and said sadly: "The original Jizhou was not stable! Gonglu fell out with him again, these two brothers, hey..."

The world was unpredictable, Yuan Shao raised troops against Dong, so that all the members of the Yuan clan who stayed in Luoyang City were all killed by Dong Zhuo.Yuan Shao's nominal father, Yuan Kui, Yuan Shu's real brother Yuan Zhan, and other sixty members of the Yuan family in Runan, all suffered disasters.

Now Yuan Shao is in the critical stage of fighting for territory with Han Fu in Jizhou. Cao Cao's place is separated from Yuan Shao in the chaotic place with the most remnants of the Yellow Turbans. If you don't know the Yellow Turbans, it will be difficult to join forces to support them.

The world is in chaos, Cao Cao of course hopes that his former classmates and friends can become his allies and join forces to fight against foreign enemies.

Xun Yu wrote to invite Xi Zhicai, and found that he came to Dongjun with Chenliu's prefect Zhang Miao.

Xi Zhicai explained with a smile: "On the way here, I met Chen Liu being besieged by the Yellow Turban, so he came up with a few ideas for Zhang Taishou to relieve the siege."

Zhang Miao repeatedly praised Xi Zhicai's excellent strategy to Cao Cao, and said bluntly: "Xi Zhicai alone can reach an army of ten thousand people. With this person's strategy, it will be easier to fight against the Yellow Turban."

The battle is imminent, and any helper who joins at this time will add a lot of confidence to Cao Cao.

During the autumn harvest, many yellow scarves began to intrude in various places. Cao Cao ordered people to strengthen the defense, asked the prefects to be on high alert, and sent soldiers to patrol.

After the counselors were in place, Cao Cao called everyone together and asked them how to completely eliminate the Yellow Turbans in Yanzhou.

"I have been in Yanzhou for many years. I have always been committed to strengthening defenses, focusing on farming, appeasing the people, and building their homes. Now the people in Yanzhou can have a relatively stable environment, but the number of Yellow Turban thieves nearby has not decreased but has increased. A big climate has formed, if we don’t try to eliminate them, after another year or two, I’m afraid there will be a big riot/chaos that will overthrow the entire Yanzhou government.”

Cao Cao was puzzled: "Try to settle down the refugees as much as possible and turn them into good people, so that they can have land to farm and houses to live in, but why the number of yellow turban thieves is still increasing."

Zhang Miao said: "The number of Yellow Turban thieves inside Yanzhou is decreasing, but there are more people coming from outside."

"The group that came from Qingzhou is the most numerous," Xi Zhicai said, "Qingzhou is the most severely affected place for the Yellow Turbans. It's almost to the point where thieves occupy the government and the eunuch hangs their seals and escapes."

"They have no food and grass, they just want to plunder around, and we are the closest target to them."

"The biggest problem now is that these people live in no fixed place," Cao Cao said helplessly, "I can't catch their shadows at all. They are more cunning than foxes. They harass the people like this all day long, and the people panic. We will use more Energy and manpower were invested in defense, so that Yanzhou's development was even slower."

Xun Yu was thoughtful, and suggested to Cao Cao: "What if they have settled down?"

Cao Cao took it for granted: "If they have a fixed place to live and gather, we will have a target that we can concentrate on attacking. This will be more efficient than catching rabbits all over the mountains and plains. There is no need to disperse our forces, and it will be easier to implement strategic strategies."

After Xun Yu's reminder, Cao Cao recalled: "Wen Ruo intends to gather them together and destroy them?"

"How can we destroy them together?" Zhang Miao muttered, he really couldn't think of a way: "Yellow Turbans are not puppies and pigs, how can they listen to people's orders, let them gather and they will come?"

Xi Zhicai came up with an idea: "How about giving them a piece of land where they can live with peace of mind."

Only with land, those yellow scarf thieves who were originally farmers will change from living in no fixed place to gathering in a fixed place. They gather partners and try to build a city by themselves, and send people to grow food and grass and trim the city!

Cao Cao's eyes lit up: "Just do it like this!"

"It's just that in this way, some of the people in Yanzhou will inevitably be sacrificed, making it look like the eunuch is running away with a seal," Xun Yu reminded Cao Cao, "My lord, are you mentally prepared?"

Cao Cao's integrity and enthusiasm all the time gave Xun Yu a very serious feeling. He was afraid that Cao Cao would give up the overall situation because he cared about the lives of some people.

Sometimes being too kind is not a good thing. Sacrificing the interests of a few people for the interests of the majority is something that many politicians will do.

As soon as Xun Yu finished speaking, Xi Zhicai, Zhang Miao, Liu Bei and others all looked at Cao Cao in unison, waiting for his reply.

Cao Cao's impression of people in the past was so good that everyone thought he was reluctant to bear the hardships of any common people, including Liu Bei.